What does flounderling mean?
Flounderling means A small or young flounder.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A small or young flounder.
On such an one I came All inadvertently, Splashing the shallows Where Atlantic ebb Was making bare The flats, As when one Wading Sets unguarded step Upon a lurking Flounderling.
At first flounderlings are thin-bodied but typically fishlike in other respects. Then suddenly striking anatomical changes take place, and the creature's behavior becomes fixed for an essentially two-dimensional way of life.
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Flounderling means A small or young flounder.
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On such an one I came All inadvertently, Splashing the shallows Where Atlantic ebb Was making bare The flats, As when one Wading Sets unguarded step Upon a lurking Flounderling.
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